General practitioners' wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Novel methods with social media data

IF 2.2 4区医学 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Health Information and Libraries Journal Pub Date : 2022-11-23 DOI:10.1111/hir.12466

Su Golder BSc (hons), MSc, FRSA, PhD, Laura Jefferson BSc, MSc, PhD, Elizabeth McHugh MSc, Holly Essex BSc(hons), MSc, PhD, RM, Claire Heathcote MA, PhD, Ana Castro Avila PhD, Veronica Dale BSc(hons), MSc, Christina Van Der Feltz-Cornelis MD, PhD, Karen Bloor BA(hons), MSc, PhD

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Abstract

Background

It is difficult to engage busy healthcare professionals in research. Yet during the COVID-19 pandemic, gaining their perspectives has never been more important.

Objective

To explore social media data for insights into the wellbeing of UK General Practitioners (GPs) during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Methods

We used a combination of search approaches to identify 381 practising UK NHS GPs on Twitter. Using a two stage social media analysis, we firstly searched for key themes from 91,034 retrieved tweets (before and during the pandemic). Following this we used qualitative content analysis to provide in-depth insights from 7145 tweets related to wellbeing.

Results

Social media proved a useful tool to identify a cohort of UK GPs; following their tweets longitudinally to explore key themes and trends in issues related to GP wellbeing during the pandemic. These predominately related to support, resources and public perceptions and fluctuations were identified at key timepoints during the pandemic, all achieved without burdening busy GPs.

Conclusion

Social media data can be searched to identify a cohort of GPs to explore their wellbeing and changes over time.

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2019冠状病毒病大流行期间全科医生的健康:利用社交媒体数据的新方法

背景:很难让忙碌的医疗保健专业人员从事研究。然而，在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间，获得他们的观点从未像现在这样重要。目的:探索社交媒体数据，以深入了解Covid-19大流行期间英国全科医生(gp)的健康状况。方法:我们使用搜索方法的组合来确定381执业英国NHS全科医生在推特上。通过两阶段的社交媒体分析，我们首先从91,034条检索到的推文(在大流行之前和期间)中搜索了关键主题。在此之后，我们使用定性内容分析从7145条与健康相关的推文中提供了深入的见解。结果:社交媒体被证明是识别英国全科医生队列的有用工具;纵向关注他们的推文，探索大流行期间与全科医生健康相关问题的关键主题和趋势。在大流行期间的关键时间点确定了这些主要与支持、资源、公众看法和波动有关的问题，所有这些都没有给繁忙的全科医生造成负担。结论:可以通过搜索社交媒体数据来确定一组全科医生，以探索他们的健康状况和随时间的变化。

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Health Information and Libraries Journal INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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6.70

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10.50%

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期刊介绍： Health Information and Libraries Journal (HILJ) provides practitioners, researchers, and students in library and health professions an international and interdisciplinary forum. Its objectives are to encourage discussion and to disseminate developments at the frontiers of information management and libraries. A major focus is communicating practices that are evidence based both in managing information and in supporting health care. The Journal encompasses: - Identifying health information needs and uses - Managing programmes and services in the changing health environment - Information technology and applications in health - Educating and training health information professionals - Outreach to health user groups